Table 2.
Red meat sub-types and colorectal cancer risk.
| Relative risk (95% CI) for CRC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author, year published | Study center/country | Study type | Beef | P for trend | Lamb | P for trend | Pork | P for trend |
| Brink et al., 2005 | Netherlands | Cohort | 1.36 (0.96-1.93)* |
0.08 | NA | 0.72 (0.51-1.02)** |
0.05 | |
| Norat et al., 2005 | EPIC (Europe) | Cohort | 1.03 (0.86-1.24) |
0.76 | 1.22 (0.96-1.55) |
0.03 | 1.18 (0.95-1.48) |
0.02 |
| Sato et al., 2006 | Japan | Cohort | 0.93 (0.67-1.30) |
0.63 | NA | - | 1.13 (0.79-1.74) |
0.31 |
| Takachi et al., 2011 | Japan | Cohort | 1.62 (1.12-2.34)*** |
0.04 | NA | - | 1.42 (0.99-2.04)*** |
0.05 |
| Egeberg et al., 2013 | Denmark | Cohort | 0.75 (0.52-1.09)***** |
0.03 | 1.35 (1.07-1.71)**** |
0.01 | 1.63 (1.11-2.39)***** |
0.03 |
CI, confidence interval; CRC, colorectal cancer; EPIC, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition trial; NA, not available.
*Only for K-ras wt colon tumors
**only for K-ras wt colon and rectal tumors
***only for colon cancer in women
****RR for colon cancer
*****RR for rectal cancer.